Peer Review

• enables students to make more progress in writing than if taught by conventional methods;
• provides students with an opportunity to discover ideas and ways to communicate these ideas;
• enables students to see errors in their own writing;
• allows students to act as writer and audience, which makes them more aware that they, indeed, are writing for others;
• adds perspectives to students' perception of the writing process, both their own and others';
• improves students' ability to assess their own strengths;
• improves class atmosphere by actively involving students;
• uses all four skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening, thus developing students' general language proficiency. (Berg, 1999)